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Showtime for Immersive Internet, how make it happen?

Jani Pirkola — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 00:33:00 GMT

Opensim, realxtend, Second Life (and more) are heading to conquer the future. We firmly believe that the future holds Immersive Internet. What is it? What is needed to get from here to there?

Maxping launches Equity Program to contributors

Simon Probert — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 23:33:00 GMT

Are you considering to write an article to Maxping or have you already done so? Read on, contributors will earn a piece of Maxping. It may mean hard cash for you in the future.

Virtual worlds and mainstream adoption - why it is important?

Jani Pirkola — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 00:10:00 GMT

First it was just kids playing computer games. Now some grown-ups have seen the promise in the technology. What are the benefits of mainstream adoption and why it is needed?

NPC’s You Say?

Megan Rutherford — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 00:10:00 GMT

It recently came to my attention that I refer a lot to Non-Player Characters (or otherwise known as NPCs) within my blog posts. This is simply out of sheer habit. So here you go, an entire post devoted to these second rate characters in virtual worlds.

Low level transport layer for virtual worlds

Tommi Laukkanen — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 00:17:00 GMT

Tommi Laukkanen proposes in his open letter a collaboration effort between realxtend, sirikata and MXP (which may mean also Opensim).

Second Life iPhone client works in a browser

Jani Pirkola — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 22:54:00 GMT

Browser based client demonstrated on this youtube video. Looks awesome to see that it runs on iPhone, but unfortunately the user experience may not be exactly optimal.

Web based Twitter client from Maxping

Jani Pirkola — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 00:11:00 GMT

Mobile use of Internet is growing fast. I am eagerly waiting for virtual worlds to be properly accessible from my mobile phone. In the meantime, I kill my spare mobile time with Twitter - here's the tool from us at Maxping to help you too!

Sumario del 16 al 30 de Noviembre

Alberto Navarro — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Albertos famous summary...

Virtual Worlds for Enterprise & Corporate Use

Megan Rutherford — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 00:03:00 GMT

Virtual worlds for enterprise and corporate use, or as 3DTLC terms it “virtual corporate.” Is widespread enterprise adoption right around the corner for enterprise adoption of virtual worlds?

Virtual World Economies- Thriving or Dying?

Megan Rutherford, Visual Purple LLC — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 00:12:00 GMT

It seems like most of the buzz around virtual worlds lately has been that virtual world economies are thriving…hmmm…so, why is that?

PayPal Money Module

Snoopy Pfeffer — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 23:00:00 GMT

Here it comes - Snoopys modificatet version of the OpenSim money module...

Great balls of fire

Jani Pirkola — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 20:49:00 GMT

Throw yourself in the world of intuitive computer-user interfacing with Blobo, the ball that senses pressure, rotation, and movement.

Avatar…The Future of You?

Megan Rutherford, Visual Purple LLC — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 20:30:00 GMT

The translation for avatar is ‘a form of self’- does your avatar really resemble you down to a “tee?”

Head tracking coming to realXtend's Naali virtual world viewer

Jani Pirkola — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

See some magnificent head shaking by Tommi Hollström, CTO Evocativi. I wonder how their head tracking code, compiled in collaboration with Playsign, would work with Lord playing Hard Rock Hallelujah - dig out your webcams!

Standardizing virtual worlds

Jani Pirkola — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Standardizing virtual worlds may create a huge mass adoption potential, but the fear is that does it cut down the creativity and diversity at the same time? What can we expect?

Sumario del 1 al 15 de Noviembre

Alberto Navarro — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

By sombradigital

We made wonderful 3D software for …

Ralf Hülsmann — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Ralf reviews the current business use cases for virtual worlds. He knows how CxO level decision makers think, read on to find out!

Open Simulator Web Registration

Ferdinand Francino — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Glasgow Caledonian Unversity is going OpenSim

Sumario del 17 al 31 de Octubre

Alberto Navarro — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Alberto´s spanish summary...

The Promise and Perils of Virtual Worlds (Part 2)

Megan Rutherford — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Part two of the two-part series- this post will focus exclusively on the peril of virtual worlds.

The3dStudio.com Announces New Features for Stock Photos/Images

Lisa Anderson — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Special Blogger-format size and new license options - read more in this press release.

The Promise and Perils of Virtual Worlds (Part 1)

Megan Rutherford — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Megan gives us some thoughts and update on the virtual world perspectives. Things look sunny for Virtual World industry right now.

Wiki Tree Goes Open Source

Jon Brouchoud — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Wiki Tree: The 3D Wiki is a tool for collaborative design in 3D virtual worlds such as Second Life and Open Simulator. It was developed by Studio Wikitecture, which has won numerous awards for its designs for both real and virtual worlds.

Let us introduce... Megan Rutherford

Ralf Hülsmann — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Megan Rutherford has been contributing articles to Maxping for a few months now and we thought it only fitting for Megan to tell us a little bit more about herself.

CampusPodz: Educational/Corporate Virtual Spaces Debut in ReactionGrid Created by Cube3

Cube3 — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT

To be or not to be (a product) One more interesting press release - don´t miss our comment at the end...

Pushing limits in realXtend

Alberto Navarro — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Alberto is always in search for new technology - and the limits of known ones. Read about his latest experience with realXtend virtual worlds.

Sumario del 1 al 16 de Octubre

Alberto Navarro — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT

By sombradigital aka Alberto

Sumario mes de Septiembre

Alberto Navarro — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT

.. the return of the famous Alberto

Paypal Money transactions in Opensim virtual worlds

Adam Frisby — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 23:34:00 GMT

Now you can set up a virtual world store and start earning real world money! Adam Frisby's gang did what was inevitable - Opensim integration to Paypal.

Prepare For Lift Off - My Blue Mars Ramblings

Megan Rutherford — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 23:18:00 GMT

Megan's first impressions from Blue Mars, the long awaited Cry engine based eye candy virtual world. Is it going to challenge Second Life?

Product Line Ties in Virtual Worlds

Megan Rutherford — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Maxping asks: What about experiences in other virtual world´s than Second Life ? Who knows big well known companies, that are active in alternative grids or maybe even self hosted worlds ? Please add comments !

Spherical virtual world breaks the limits, an unrealistic space explained by Ludocraft

Jani Pirkola — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 00:26:00 GMT

"We wanted to add some spice to the virtual world development". First experiences from the first ever non-flat virtual world. The CEO of Ludocraft answers Maxping's though questions of why and how.

TurboSquid Named Autodesk Seek’s® Exclusive Marketplace Provider for User-Generated 3D Conten

Turbosqid — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Maxping say´s: with Autodesk having a hughe market share and virtual worlds getting closer to classic 3D (e.g. im/export discussed or even implemented in open- and closed source projects), it´s finaly time to have a look at the commercial side. Turbosquid for sure made a good deal to be the default search provider. On the other hand, professional and semiprofessional project leads should take a look - maybe hereyou find the car wrecks for your dark suburban scene, saving you a week of work for less than 100US$.

OpenSim-in-a-Web-Page for everyone

Adam Frisby — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 21:58:00 GMT

3Di – the Japanese OpenSim development company just opened the code up for their brand new in-a-browser viewer for OpenSim.

Is There a Blur Between Virtual Worlds, Games and Simulations?

Megan Rutherford — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT

How big is the blur between virtual worlds, games and simulations - and what specific attributes define each?

Google apps and virtual reality integrated into a beer distribution game

Jani Pirkola — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 22:43:00 GMT

Amphisocial is the first to integrate Google's browser based office suite (Google Apps) to virtual worlds. The first showcase is the beer distribution game. The game is, thanks to virtual world technology, now available to geographically distributed teams.

Tekes offers Virtual Expo 3D Environment open for everyone

realxtend — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 14:17:00 GMT

Tekes, the Finnish Funding Agency for Technology and Innovation launches an open to everyone virtual expo world. The world is now live, and it features the new realxtend spherical worlds - see video here!

realxtend announces Naali UI Contest

Ryan McDougall — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 10:10:00 GMT

Do you want to be the hero of the new 3D web? Have you ever been frustrated with virtual worlds usability? This is your change to make the world a better place!

ProtoSphere virtual collaboration platform integrated with MS Sharepoint

Jani Pirkola — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 22:40:00 GMT

ProtonMedia today announced the integration of Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 with the company’s ProtoSphere virtual teaming and collaboration platform. This is the first time Microsoft SharePoint services and content have been combined with a 3-D virtual collaboration platform.

Alone in a Virtual World

Megan Rutherford — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Things to learn from commercial worlds - besides technology and pure content.

Let’s Define Collaborative…

Megan Rutherford — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 00:10:00 GMT

Do collaborative environments help or hurt the user to stay on task? Hmm, with today’s complex UIs, I am compelled to say hurt.

realXtend viewer gets an update - version 0.42 now available

Jani Pirkola — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 21:02:00 GMT

While realXtend project concentrates on Naali, the next generation virtual worlds viewer, they still maintain the old viewer, which now hits 0.42 and brings some previously unseen and exciting features.

Return on Investment= Proven Success?

Megan Rutherford — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Simply stated, the primary benefit of virtual worlds is cost savings - read why.

Microsoft's Virtual World Presence Moves to ReactionGrid

Chris Hart — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 13:49:00 GMT

Second Life loses one of the most remarkable companies when Microsoft closes down their virtual island. Opensim based ReactionGrid offers apparently better support and performance at lower prices.

The Diva Opensim distribution introduced

Ralf Hülsmann — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 22:30:00 GMT

The Diva distribution is an easy way to setup a hypergrid-enabled virtual world server with the new megaregion (512mx512m) support. Update feature means easy upgrading to all the new bleeding edge features from the Opensim project.

The Architecture of OpenSim (machinima)

Jon Brouchoud — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 00:00:00 GMT

This is a crosspost from Jon Brouchoud, about architectural and design perspective on OpenSim, along with the launch of a new community commons for architects and designers in opensim. This is important news to the content question of Opensim.

Amphisocial launches virtual world collaboration service for enterprises

Jani Pirkola — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 12:27:00 GMT

Amphisocial launches the first virtual world product with Google apps integration. Virtual world technology is based on realXtend open source platform, to be followed by support for SUN Wonderland and Sirikata.

The Medaverse - Medicine and Virtual Community Merge

Jani Pirkola — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 00:29:00 GMT

Virtual world technology works for the best of humankind in this exciting application. Medaverse is just about to launch. Read on to find out what to expect.

MACHINIMA AWARD 2009

Machinima Artist Guild — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Even while we not focus on commercial platforms, worth a note since the skills are cross platform - and the price is attractive. The MACHINIMA AWARD 2009 will be awarding one of the largest Prize Money ever given out in Second Life!

SimHost.com – OpenSim & realXtend Hosting

Adam Frisby — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 23:46:00 GMT

Adam Frisby announces Deepthink's new hosting service for Opensim and realXtend. Behind this new service are very experienced people from OSGrid, Adam and James, which should give confidence to the customers.

Virtual World Technology for Augmented Reality

Arkowitz — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Augmented Reality is one of the bigger upcoming technical topics - while not limited to 3D, why not think about possible implementation in 3D web platforms ?

Interview of Ludmilla Writer

Zonja Capalini, Ludmilla Writer — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 00:36:00 GMT

Ludmilla is a photographer and the feminine soul of Arrabal Tango Club. And, since the Openspace crisis, she a citizen of the Opensim-based worlds too.

Entrevista a Ludmilla Writer

Zonja Capalini, Ludmilla Writer — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 00:10:00 GMT

Ludmilla es fotógrafa y el alma femenina de Arrabal Tango Club. Y desde la crisis de los Openspaces, es también una ciudadana de los grids basados en Opensim.

How Persistent is a Persistent Virtual World?

Megan Rutherford, Visual Purple LLC — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 00:27:00 GMT

Some say a virtual world must be persistent, some say it must not. The truth is, it depends on the application. Megan digs into the definition.

The Interface: 2D to 3D

Larry Rosenthal — Sat, 12 Sep 2009 00:20:00 GMT

This article is a start to examine where and when 3D interfaces and communicative designs can or should be used. 3D interface offers new elements and communications that effect the experience of the user differently and in ways that a 2D interface cannot.

Navigation in Virtual Worlds - From Simple to Complex

Megan Rutherford, Visual Purple LLC — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 23:11:00 GMT

Megan discusses how the virtual world viewer user interface may be overly confusing - while a simpler one could be better for many applications.

realxtend virtual world developer company extends into visualization business

Jani Pirkola — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 22:31:00 GMT

Evocativi Oy and Admino Technologies Oy have decided to combine their resources. The core connecting factor between the companies and the starting point for synergy is the 3D model, which is and will be applied both in animations and in the virtual world.

Sumario del 17 al 23 de Agosto

Alberto Navarro — Sat, 05 Sep 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Esta semana en maxpig magazine

Business concept example for virtual worlds

Jani Pirkola — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 00:34:00 GMT

Content protection and selling skins or other assets has dominated the business discussion for too long. Look at the flatweb - templates and photoshop pics are sold, but the big money is somewhere else.

Opensim Linux Series – Service Management with Monit

Snoopy Pfeffer — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 00:33:00 GMT

Learn how to provide high service availability for your Opensim worlds. Snoopy writes how to use the Linux service managment tool Monit to automatically monitor and, if necessary, restart Opensim processes.

Sumario del 10 al 16 de Agosto

Alberto Navarro — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Esta semana en maxpig magazine

realXtend design decisions open for discussion

Jani Pirkola — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 22:03:00 GMT

Ryan McDougall posted to realxtend-dev mailing list a note how anyone can comment and affect the way realXtend gets designed and implemented. Now it is up to you to participate!

Opensim on OSGrid - a HOWTO

Adam Frisby — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 00:09:00 GMT

Connecting a region to OSGrid is a rewarding experience - many users however run into the difficulty of instructions being out of date; and while this set too will eventually go stale - they should at least be current for the next few months.

Sumario del 3 al 9 de Agosto

Alberto Navarro — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Esta semana en maxpig magazine

Top ten at Maxping

Jani Pirkola — Sun, 09 Aug 2009 00:05:00 GMT

See the most read articles at Maxping since the launch last April. Four months have passed and many great articles were published. These are still valid today, see yourself.

Sumario del 27 de Julio al 2 de Agosto

Alberto Navarro — Sat, 08 Aug 2009 00:00:00 GMT

TECNOLOGÍA - NEGOCIOS - VIDA VIRTUAL

Recent changes to Second Life content management policy

Adam Frisby — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 21:51:00 GMT

Adam publicly replies to Linden Lab’s recent changes to content management policy. "Overall it is a step to right direction".

How to license content outside of Second Life

Jani Pirkola — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 00:47:00 GMT

How does an artist that has been selling content at Second Life work in an open metaverse where everything can be copied? Maxping starts to search for a perfect license.

The last 6 and next 6 months for Reactiongrid

Doc Manhattan — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 00:26:00 GMT

Reactiongrid is at almost 2000 registered users and on track for the goal of 5-10,000 by years end. Doc Manhattan tells us about what has happened so far and what to expect.

Evolver.com automates digital clone creation

Jani Pirkola — Sun, 02 Aug 2009 20:51:00 GMT

Want to create a virtual you, but don't know how to do it? Evolver.com is now officially launched after a two month testing period. And it is as easy as 1-2-3 to make a high quality avatar.

Opensim Linux Series – Service Management Processes and Scripts

Snoopy Pfeffer — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 22:06:00 GMT

Snoopy describes how Opensim servers are efficiently managed on a linux server. Learn professional tips and tricks to compile, update and roll-back several servers easily.

Inside the Opensim Asset Server

Adam Frisby — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 22:30:00 GMT

Adam describes how the asset server works. Recommended reading for any region operator and well written also for normal users who like to get an overview.

Sumario del 20 al 26 de Julio

Alberto Navarro — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Esta semana, en maxpig y en la comunidad de OpenSim

OSGrid turns 2

Adam Frisby — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 21:09:00 GMT

Adam brings greetings and news from OSGrid second birthday seremony. Many exciting advancements coming!

The3dStudio announces 300,000 royalty-free 2D and 3D resources

Ralf Hülsmann — Sun, 26 Jul 2009 00:00:00 GMT

The3dStudio.com, Inc. (www.the3dstudio.com) announces a new milestone—300,000 royalty-free 2D and 3D resources.

2889: Working with very large linksets in Opensim

Zonja Capalini — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 22:15:00 GMT

Most objects in Opensim and Second Life are made of prims. Opensim supports large linksets, i.e., objects comprising more than 256 prims. In this post Zonja describes some experiments with large and very large linksets. In one of these experiments, she created a single object consisting of 2889 prims.

BuilderBot sim copy tool may save Second Life

Jani Pirkola — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 00:41:00 GMT

Hackers and criminals enjoy easy access to tools that can copy complete Second Life sims. Asset permissions at SL make content creators feel better, not better off. Rezzable asks community whether they should publish their BuilderBot sim copying tool.

Sumario del 22 deJunio al 19 de Julio

Alberto Navarro — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Esta semana en maxpig magazine

Virtual reality and mobile phones, do they mix?

Jani Pirkola — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 00:53:00 GMT

Mobile phone hardware and user interface is getting to the point where it starts to make sense to use virtual worlds. Mobiles are not desktops, which makes many things different.

I don't do real life

Jani Pirkola — Sun, 19 Jul 2009 00:49:00 GMT

In the past, things were simple. I sent an email to someone. Now I send the mail to an avatar's gmail. Who do I communicate with? The easy answer may not be the right answer.

First realXtend world provider launches

Jani Pirkola — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 00:46:00 GMT

SketchWorlds offers the first professional and reasonably priced realXtend world hosting plans, which is a major business milestone for the realXtend platform. Maxping poses some tough questions to the founder Jules Vos to find out the details.

Fresh look for your realxtend world

Jani Pirkola — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 00:25:00 GMT

Tired of that post-apocalyptic look at your world? Set a new skybox and make the lights brighter and you can feel the energy coming from the eternal and virtual sun light!

Launch event: Psychology of Immersive Environments Technology Working Group

Sun, 12 Jul 2009 00:12:00 GMT

During the public launch event the charter will be presented and discussed. Details on how to join will also be provided at the launch event.

Future 3D web: Authoritative client side physics

Daniel "Danx0r" Miller — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 23:52:00 GMT

Dan Miller challenges the current model of server side authoritative physics and shows the way forward. After reading this you should see the light.

Opensim Linux Series – How to Connect Your Region to OSGrid & Installing Opensim Extensions

Snoopy Pfeffer — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 21:35:00 GMT

Learn how to connect your Opensim region to OSGrid. After that, Snoopy explains how to install the most important Opensim extensions: offline messages, search, groups and freeswitch voice.

OSGrid: New, Improved and nearly 2.

Adam Frisby — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 21:26:00 GMT

Adam brings good news from OSGrid. After grown over 2100 regions it starts to be comparable with Second Life.

The3dStudio.com adds over 1000 3D models to their web site

Tue, 07 Jul 2009 00:55:00 GMT

Now they have over 270 000 items, which is more than one could imagine...

Future Internet Stress Test project launched

Jani Pirkola — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 20:52:00 GMT

Center for Internet Excellence and Maxping Magazine start a collaborative effort to define challenges and solutions for the coming 3D Web. The 3D Web places new requirements to all parts of Internet, including end user hardware.

The future of Virtual Reality is not server centric

Daniel "Danx0r" Miller — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 00:48:00 GMT

Second Life and Opensim use server centric model, which makes hosting expensive. Dan discusses how we are inevitably heading to more distributed virtual world simulations.

Glasshouse Virtual World Data Graphs are now updated in Real Time

Jani Pirkola — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 00:24:00 GMT

Green Phosphor has enabled real-time updating of graphs in the virtual world. See yourself how a financial market graph showing s&p500 goes alive!

New releases from realXtend

realxtend — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 21:19:00 GMT

After 6 months of hard work Corus 0.0.1 was released today. It contains from-scratch viewer Naali, and Taiga, Modrex/Opensim based server suite. Taiga, also known as realxtend server 0.5, works with the old realxtend viewer too.

Hitchhikers guide to the Metaverse

Ziah Zhangsun — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 00:52:00 GMT

Hypergrid is the way to travel. But where to go? How to pick the right destination? As they say in the other guide: don't panic...

Opensim Linux Series – Installing and Configuring Opensim

Snoopy Pfeffer — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 00:29:00 GMT

Today’s article of the Opensim Linux Series explains how to install and configure Opensim on a Linux server.

Glasgow Caledonian University first in UK to teach how to create virtual worlds

Ferdinand Francino — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 21:45:00 GMT

A unique module, 3D Internet Virtual Worlds, will teach the design and development of 3D internet virtual worlds, using cutting-edge technologies such as OpenSim and Second Life.

Sumario semana del 15 al 21 de Junio

Alberto Navarro — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Sumario semana del 15 al 21 de Junio By Gustavo Alberto Navarro Bilbao

Introduction to Intensity Engine

Alon Zakai — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 00:14:00 GMT

Recently released 0.9.5 version of Intensity Engine aims to bring the best elements of gaming to virtual worlds and vice versa.

Deutsche Zusammenfassung der KW 25

Wordfromthe Wise — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Deutsche Zusammenfassung der KW 25 - 15-21.06.2009 Von Wordfromthe Wise.

More Experiments with MRM

Ziah Zhangsun — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 14:10:00 GMT

Ziah continues her experiments with MRM or Mini Region Modules. Now it's time to hook up to a database using an external class library... can it be done? Let's find out

Slow death or rapid growth for Second Life?

Jani Pirkola — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 00:49:00 GMT

inden Lab's Second Life is growing. It is where, more and more people get their first virtual world experiences. It is used for many different purposes, both for work and for fun. There are black clouds in the horizon coming.

Interview of Zonja Capalini

Jani Pirkola, Zonja Capalini — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 00:27:00 GMT

Maxping starts to present personalities regularly. We started from one close to us: Zonja. But be warned, she is digital.

Opensim Linux Series – Installing Mono and MySQL

Snoopy Pfeffer — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 00:56:00 GMT

Opensim runs much better using an up-to-date Mono version, especially on 64 bit servers, you should update Mono on your computer to use the latest Mono version. Snoopy shows you how.

Defining Interoperability between virtual worlds

Daniel "Danx0r" Miller — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 21:00:00 GMT

What does it even mean to have interoperability between virtual worlds? Is it essential that I be able to take my blinged-out avatar that I go dancing with to the virtual hospital where I peruse my MRI scans? In this article, Dan starts to draft the problem domain.

Virtual Worlds, Virtual Robots, and AI: beyond gaming and social spaces

Daniel Miller — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 22:00:00 GMT

Dan outlines some of the features and requirements that need to be considered for the development of sophisticated, high-fidelity simulated worlds in the context of a massively distributed, shared environment

Grider: Prototypying the next generation Hypergrid

Zonja Capalini — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 21:18:00 GMT

Zonja discusses some details of the current hypergrid architecture, some of the security risks involved, and how a new, more secure hypergrid architecture (sometimes called “safe hypergrid” or “hypergrid 2″) is being developed.

Browser integrated to Sirikata platform

Jani Pirkola — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 00:01:00 GMT

Many think that a proper networked 2D browser is a must-have feature for virtual world platforms. This is true especially for business applications. Having seen this, one can imagine how all the applications could be launched into a 3D virtual space.

Maxping opens discussion forums

Jani Pirkola — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 00:46:00 GMT

Maxping opens own discussion forum and at the same time resurrects realXtend's closed one as a community driven effort. Sign in to participate!

Opensim Linux Series – Network Connectivity for Opensim

Snoopy Pfeffer — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 22:00:00 GMT

Snoopy starts a series of articles which will describe how to setup and maintain Opensim on Linux servers. She starts by writing about setting up network connectivity for Opensim. The information is useful for Windows users as well.

Ein LowLag AO

Akira Sonoda — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 13:56:00 GMT

Umsetzung eines animation overrider mit geringer Scriptbelastung für den Server.

A Low Lag Animation Overrider

Akira Sonoda — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 13:55:00 GMT

Akira Sonoda accidentally discovers the CHANGED_ANIMATION event in Opensim, and fosters the first generation of lag-free animation overriders (AOs). No more duck walking 'simmers!

How Prim Limits Work

Simon Gutteridge — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 00:00:00 GMT

If you want to get some impression on how much memory is needed for your own Opensim server - take this lesson by Simon G.

Meerkat may impact Second Inventory market share

Jani Pirkola — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 23:04:00 GMT

Working import/export of a Second Life building is at your fingertips - for free. It is working already so why don't you start backing up your valuable creative content?

Saving Second Life regions to a hard drive

Adam Frisby — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 22:05:00 GMT

Adam did not want to see creative work being vanished at Second Life when sims were shut down. He wrote a piece of software to save a whole region to be able to bring it back up at an Opensim world.

Deutsche Zusammenfassung KW 24

Wordfromthe Wise — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Deutsche Zusammenfassung der KW 24 - 8-14.06.2009 Inkl. Kommentaren von Wordfromthe Wise.

Sumario semana del 9 al 15 de Junio

Alberto Navarro — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Sumario semana del 9 al 15 de Junio - Tecnología - Negocios - Vida Virtual

Opensim load testing guide

Ralf Hülsmann — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 22:00:00 GMT

You have your virtual world up and running, business looks good and you advertise a bit.. people start coming in and all of a sudden your server comes to an halt. Avoid that and know what your server can and cannot take by load testing your world.

How to stay updated on virtual worlds

Jani Pirkola — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 22:12:00 GMT

Information is a powerful thing. It is also addictive. For me, it is work. Here are my best tips on how I keep myself up to date to write articles to Maxping, usually before mainstream news can react.

Vidéo du nouveau client RealXtend

Jani Pirkola — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 21:55:00 GMT

Le client a été en développement depuis décembre 2008 et l'équipe de RealXtend a été assez silencieuse depuis. Aujourd'hui, ils ont publié une vidéo présentant le client en action. A voir absolument !

How to use complex materials in realXtend

Edwige Lelièvre — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 19:39:00 GMT

Ogre3D materials take the full power out of your 3D hardware. realXtend 0.4 supports materials. Find out how to take them into use!

The Costs of Free Resources

Snoopy Pfeffer — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 22:38:00 GMT

he missing incentives to save resources has negative effects, that over time increase the costs unnecessarily, reduce the performance and lessen usability in certain areas.

International standards and virtual worlds business

Ralf Hülsmann — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 22:00:00 GMT

How do virtual worlds get general acceptance in the enterprise market? It is about governance, compliance and things related to those - it is about standards. What standards companies need to follow? Didn't they get along well even without them? read on...

Maxping Magazine launches virtual goods service

Jani Pirkola — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 22:00:00 GMT

Maxping Magazine launches rexxed.com, a virtual goods web site. Both content creators and users will benefit to have a trusted place to distribute, buy and sell their assets online.

The Meerkat Viewer 0.1.15.6

Wordfromthe Wise — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 20:00:00 GMT

The Meerkat Viewer 0.1.15.6 on Windows XP - A Review. Meerkat is a new View - former project name was "Shanti"

Rexpioneers Opens

Thu, 11 Jun 2009 06:58:00 GMT

Rexpioneers is a new, free online realXtend server for rex users to hang out and try stuff in their natural habitat

Group Permissions for Land and Objects

Snoopy Pfeffer — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 18:22:00 GMT

A while ago, mcortez and his flotsam project have provided Opensim the source code to add group functionality to Opensim. And after a short interruption, because of security issues that needed to get fixed, it is now part of all newer Opensim versions and available at most OSGrid regions.

realXtend shows off a video of the new viewer

Jani Pirkola — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 17:32:00 GMT

The viewer has been under development since December 2008 and the realXtend team has been quite silent since then. Now they released a video where the new viewer is in action. This is a must see!

Sumario semana del 1 al 7 de Junio

Alberto Navarro — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Sumario semana del 1 al 7 de Junio

Handling multiple Opensim.ini -files

Ralf Hülsmann — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Many people have more than one simulator running. May it be for testing purposes or to seperate different settings, taking care of a bunch of Opensim.in files is not always pure fun.

Where to get Support for Opensim

Snoopy Pfeffer — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 00:00:00 GMT

As Opensim is an open source project, it is not self evident where to look at to get support. Especially if you are new to Opensim, it could take a considerable googling effort to get on the map. Snoopy gives us a good and concise summary on the best resources.

Deutsche Zusammenfassung der KW 23

Wordfromthe Wise — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Deutsche Zusammenfassung der KW 23 - 1-7.06.2009 Inkl. Kommentaren von Wordfromthe Wise.

Maxping starts to list virtual world service providers

Jani Pirkola — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 21:03:00 GMT

If you are searching for a subcontractor, designer or artist or coder for your virtual world project, this is the place to start looking for help. On the other hand, if you want to offer your services here, submit your information to start receiving work offers!

On Platforms and the Convergence of 2D and 3D Internet

Ryan McDougall — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 15:55:00 GMT

Ryan, the realXtend chief architect, gives a thought on how current 2D web and the future 3D web should play together. Should the virtual world viewer be embedded to the web browser? Many thinks it should, Ryan does not think that way.

Leading Text-to-Speech (TTS) Vendor Cepstral in Strategic Deal with Virtual World Pioneer Anshe Chung Studios

Craig Campbell — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 21:18:00 GMT

The deal enables Virtual World users to have their avatars speak in the voice of their choosing, by typing what they want the avatar to say. Cepstral serves the audio from its hosted (SaaS) platform at VoiceForge.com.

Project Natal sets the benchmark

Valer Mischenko — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 14:42:00 GMT

Microsoft is doing it well by bringing the new breaking-through virtual reality technology to the market. Is this a reason for the open community to exult the software giant or to curse the ever dangerous dominance of the company?

3D - the beginning

Ralf Hülsmann — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 06:00:00 GMT

Ralf shares the first 3D experience he had almost 20 years ago. Anyone remembers good old Amiga? Take a look at some impressive screenshots from that time period.

How to get land in Opensim

Simon Gutteridge — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 12:00:00 GMT

You want to get your own virtual piece of land, but don't know where to look at. Read on. Simon G. from PioneerX Estates goes through all the common options, where you should be able to find what is good for you.

Shaspa grid reviewed

Jani Pirkola — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 11:13:00 GMT

Shaspa device is a linux box that runs a virtual world server and connects to your home sensors. Your Shaspa virtual world can be connected to your virtual neighbour's world at Shaspa grid. Jani took a visit to Oliver's virtual home and became a believer.

Load testing Opensim scripts on Windows 7

Ralf Hülsmann — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 13:51:00 GMT

Ralf made a load test starting from 3000 concurrent and resource hungry LSL scripts. How does yesterdays laptop with the new Windows 7 survive?

Solipsis - enfant surdoué du Metavers?

Hugobiwan Zolnir — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 02:24:00 GMT

Solipsis, c'est le nom de ce monde virtuel pas comme les autres, développé dans le cadre d'un projet de R&D par des acteurs français.

Solipsis P2P shows great promise for the Metaverse

Hugobiwan Zolnir — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 21:28:00 GMT

French R&D partners are developing the Open Source Solipsis. Hugobiwan Zolnir gives us a tour on the features.

3D web in the Maldives

Ralf Hülsmann — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 15:43:00 GMT

Maxping reporter toughs it out in the Maldives to examine if 3D web is realistic in regions with challenging network conditions.

Wochenzusammenfassung KW 22

Wordfromthe Wise — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Deutsche Zusammenfassung der KW 22 - 25-31.05.2009 Inkl. Kommentaren von Wordfromthe Wise.

bizzin3d resume

Jules Vos — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 20:00:00 GMT

Jules, Maxping undercover reporter, participated BIZZin3D at Berlin, Germany. He took notes. Now you can read them summarized in a nice and concise way.

Is Opensim an alternative for Second Life users ?

Ralf Hülsmann — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 12:55:00 GMT

With many Second Life® users, particularly land-owners seeking alternative avenues for their virtual experience, Ralf the Shark compares Opensim and Second Life - from the user perspective.

Resúmen de los artículos entre el 25 y el 31 de Mayo

Alberto Navarro — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Resúmen de los artículos publicados en Maxping entre el 25 y el 31 de Mayo

Opensim under the surface May 2009 report

Adam Frisby — Sun, 31 May 2009 11:26:00 GMT

Adam starts to cover monthly what has happened at Opensim. Read on if you want to find out what are the highlights of the month! Groups support is progressing which is a feature waited by many.

The Metaverse Conference Live!

SP — Fri, 29 May 2009 14:52:00 GMT

Starting today at 09:00am PST, there will be a direct feed from Stanford. Loads of great speakers including Ryan McDougall at 14.30 and the fabulous Crista Lopes at 15:45

Win a Home Energy Kit from SHASPA

Jani Pirkola — Fri, 29 May 2009 14:00:00 GMT

Here is a great opportunity to win a SHASPA Home Energy Kit for yourself - all you have to do is dream up a unique and interesting way in which you could use the device in Real Life! So get your thinking hats on...

Cube3 creates 3D Virtual Meeting Space for Virtual Edge Summit 2009

Ralf Hülsmann — Fri, 29 May 2009 13:35:00 GMT

Cube3 demonstrates multi-user avatars and a "sort-of" no plug-in browser technology at Virtual Edge 2009 - of course you still have to have Java installed...

New infrastructure requirements for the 3D Web

Jani Pirkola — Wed, 27 May 2009 12:33:00 GMT

Emerging virtual world applications are fundamentally different. They place new requirements on the whole Internet infrastructure. The change is coming.

ThinkBalm Immersive Internet Business Value Study

Jani Pirkola — Tue, 26 May 2009 13:59:00 GMT

What is the ROI for virtual world technologies in the workplace? To answer this, ThinkBalm surveyed and interviewed Immersive Internet practitioners . 95% of their projects were deemed successful, contradicting the Gartner 2008 prediction of 10%.

Reactiongrid offers behind the firewall virtual world server

Jani Pirkola — Tue, 26 May 2009 03:41:00 GMT

Last Friday Kyle Gomboy, the CEO of Reactiongrid announced Banbury - a plug and play device for use behind firewalls, meant for educational institutes and enterprises. This competes directly with Linden Lab's similar product which is due later this year.

Wochenzusammenfassung KW 21

Wordfromthe Wise — Mon, 25 May 2009 13:00:00 GMT

Deutsche Zusammenfassung der KW 20 - 18-24.05.2009 Inkl. Kommentaren von Wordfromthe Wise.

Sumario maxping semana del 19 al 25 de Mayo

Alberto Navarro — Sun, 24 May 2009 18:00:00 GMT

Esta semana en maxpig

Wochenzusammenfassung KW 20

Wordfromthe Wise — Sun, 24 May 2009 08:00:00 GMT

Deutsche Zusammenfassung der KW 20 - 11-17.05.2009 Inkl. Kommentaren zur deutschen Opensim Community von Wordfromthe Wise.

Metameets 2009 Special Report

Jules Vos — Sat, 23 May 2009 23:27:00 GMT

Jules participated both days of Metameets and took notes. Now you can read them summarized in a nice and concise way. Metameets was seen as a big success by the participants and after reading this, you should know why.

BIZZin3D

Sat, 23 May 2009 06:00:00 GMT

The BIZZin3D Meetup is a symposium enabling participants to represent and discuss the business potentials of virtual worlds and 3D internet. To be held in Berlin on May 31st,2009

Hamming it up

Matteo Ligas, Jani Pirkola — Fri, 22 May 2009 17:38:00 GMT

Ham radio is a passion for many. Now they have reached out to the younger generation by making it virtual. Even if you're not interested in ham radio you should still see a 100 meter, 40-ton radio tower being controlled from a virtual world

Interacting with my rabbit

Ralf Hülsmann — Thu, 21 May 2009 16:06:00 GMT

Ralf the Shark goes on a bizarre journey involving a virtual world, a piece of string and a rabbit. Yes you read it right, a rabbit. If you fail to see any connection between virtual worlds and rabbits read on...

OSGrid – Why and How to Join

Snoopy Pfeffer — Thu, 21 May 2009 13:53:00 GMT

Snoopy looks at some of the reasons why OSGrid is a great place to start you journey into open source virtual worlds

World Builder Video

Jani Pirkola — Wed, 20 May 2009 15:19:00 GMT

What if you could abandon mouse and keyboard and go in to the virtual world instead of peering at it through a spreadsheet-like application window?

Evolver - a fun web-based tool to create great avatars

Jani Pirkola — Tue, 19 May 2009 15:15:00 GMT

Evolver is a really easy way for users to create a great looking avatars for almost any platform - the product is in alpha so you can try it for yourself!

OSGrid goes social

Adam Frisby — Mon, 18 May 2009 15:09:00 GMT

Opensim integration with socialware platform Elgg is an important milestone. With OSGrid users, the coming service will be tested by thousands of active users.

Contents of the 11 weeks to May 17

Alberto Navarro — Mon, 18 May 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Esta semana, en maxpig y en la comunidad de OpenSim

MP3 player for realXtend

Jani Pirkola — Sun, 17 May 2009 23:10:00 GMT

MP3 is perhaps the most common music file format. This is a quick guide how to play MP3 music from a web server in your realXtend virtual world.

Opensim launches feature request system

Simon Probert — Sat, 16 May 2009 15:33:00 GMT

Sometimes the smartest developer miss the simplest things... Opensim have launched a new service that allows *you* to say what you want without all that tedious messing around with bug-trackers, mailing lists and forums

PioneerX Estates - Re-launch Press Release

Simon Gutteridge — Sat, 16 May 2009 12:33:00 GMT

PXE, as it is most commonly know, is one of a group of virtual 'companies' operating under the PioneerX brand. Pioneer X Estates relaunch their website and put up a discount for Opensim hosting.

The realXtend rebranding challenge

Ryan McDougall — Wed, 13 May 2009 14:33:00 GMT

Launch of the new realXtend viewer and server is imminent, the team felt it was a good time for a complete re-brand and are asking for community input so grab your pencils and thinking caps and take the challenge.

Sumario semana del 4 al 10 de Mayo

Alberto Navarro — Wed, 13 May 2009 08:00:00 GMT

Esta semana, en maxpig y en la comunidad de OpenSim

Sloodle and Opensim

Ralf Hülsmann — Wed, 13 May 2009 06:20:00 GMT

Ralf dips into Second Life to check out the Sloodle project and examines if there is any potential synergy there for Opensim-based Sloode applications.

The Openspace fiasco: six months later

Zonja Capalini — Wed, 13 May 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Six months ago, Zonja concerned about price increases in Second Life® began a journey into alternative virtual worlds. Here she captures some of her experiences on the way.

Wochenzusammenfassung KW 19

Wordfromthe Wise — Wed, 13 May 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Deutsche Zusammenfassung der KW 19 Diesmal sehr ausfühlich von Wordfromthe Wise.

Microsoft and the emerging 3d web

Ralf Hülsmann — Mon, 11 May 2009 14:38:00 GMT

Microsoft's recent case study about Reactiongrid can be seen as the acceptance of 3D web technology as an emerging marketspace - we think this is good news for everybody involved.

Securing the Hypergrid with Grider

Jani Pirkola — Mon, 11 May 2009 13:07:00 GMT

Hypergrid is still in it's infancy, there are numerous security and compatability concerns. To address these Crista Lopes has created Grider - a Hypergrid proxy or wrapper for viewers.

How to create great terrain easily

Simon Probert — Sun, 10 May 2009 17:28:00 GMT

Ever wanted to make really nice terrain files for your Opensimulator regions? If you want to save yourself alot of time and trouble then try our simple to follow tutorial and unleash those inner fjords...

Microsoft praises Reactiongrid

Simon Probert — Sat, 09 May 2009 22:00:00 GMT

Opensource types have a bit of a love/hate relationship with the big M - this case study lends weight to the former with a detailed examination of cost savings and virtualization at Reactiongrid

How to choose a good opensim host

Adam Frisby — Sat, 09 May 2009 00:16:00 GMT

Straight from the horses mouth... Here is the best way to choose a server for your Opensim regions.

The making of the Sylvester Stallone Avatar

Jani Pirkola — Fri, 08 May 2009 12:01:00 GMT

Using Sylvester Stallone as our guinea pig we examine the process for creating "life-like" avatars in Realxtend.

Sumario semana 27 Abril a 3

Alberto Navarro — Thu, 07 May 2009 16:20:00 GMT

Al finalizar la presente semana, del 27 de Abril al 3 de Mayo, hay varios hechos significativos a analizar...

Freeswitch on Ubunutu

Olivier Battini — Thu, 07 May 2009 15:10:00 GMT

Freeswitch is the new voice module for Opensim based regions - here is a simple guide to enabling it in your region.

Deus ex machinima

Simon Probert — Wed, 06 May 2009 12:41:00 GMT

Pineapple studios adopts Opensimulator and OSGrid as a new vehicle for experimenting with machinima. We ask them what Opensim means to them & what benefits it could bring other machinimators

Virtual Worlds and Mixed Reality Interfaces

Alberto Navarro — Tue, 05 May 2009 06:52:00 GMT

3D virtual worlds have to date been dominated by features and technology. Yet these 3D worlds also need get in touch with the end-user - we examine how.

Wochenzusammenfassung KW18

Ralf Hülsmann — Tue, 05 May 2009 06:17:00 GMT

Deutsche Zusammenfassung der KW 18

First month in the life of Maxping Magazine

Maxping Team — Mon, 04 May 2009 22:06:00 GMT

We take a moment to pause and reflect on the goings on at Maxping Magazine in it's first month online

The Architecture of 3D Web

Jani Pirkola — Sun, 03 May 2009 01:51:00 GMT

Client-Server or Peer-to-Peer as the basic framework? Where does your Avatar get stored? We consider Client-Server with P2P enhancements, and a separate server for the Avatar.

Can reality be augmented in virtual spaces

Valer Mischenko — Sun, 03 May 2009 01:43:00 GMT

Valer explores the convergence of physical and mental in the virtual world, and examines the social responsibility of developers in terms of affordability, security and interconnectivity of private virtual spaces

Experimenting with MRM - Part 2

Ziah Zhangsun — Sun, 03 May 2009 00:52:00 GMT

Ziah Zhangsun continues her experiments with Opensim's dynamic new C# based scripting framework - MRM.

I was there when it began

Daniel B. Miller (danx0r) — Sat, 02 May 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Can you feel the excitement of being on the cusp of something with the potential to change the way people think and interact?

Turbo-charge your region performance

Ralf Hülsmann — Fri, 01 May 2009 01:27:00 GMT

Ralf the Shark gets torn into lots of little bits and proxied - Find if this is as painful as it sounds as Ralf examines the Badumnasim Proxy for turbo-charging region performance.

OSGrid Snapshot

Adam Frisby — Fri, 01 May 2009 00:11:00 GMT

Documenting the rise and rise and rise of OSGrid. Adam Frisby examines the massive growth of OSGrid, for those who don't know OSGrid is largest open virtual world where anybody can connect their own server. Essential reading..!

MRM: Language Contributions

Adam Frisby — Fri, 01 May 2009 00:08:00 GMT

Any developer interested in contributing to MRM might want to read this article as it outlines coding standards and rules for API changes.

Experimenting with MRM

Ziah Zhangsun — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 12:12:00 GMT

MRM stands for MiniRegionModule and is designed to bridge the Gap between LSL/OSSL and Region Modules. Are MRMs the next big thing for scripters?

Automated procedures for Opensim on Linux - part 2

Ralf Hülsmann — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 22:45:00 GMT

Linux offers some great advantages when using Opensim. Linux lets your server take care of itself. Part 2 covers the command inject to screen, loops and backups.

Automated procedures for Opensim on Linux - part 2

Ralf Hülsmann — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 22:45:00 GMT

Linux offers some great advantages when using Opensim. Linux lets your server take care of itself. Part 2 covers the command inject to screen, loops and backups.

NetGenEd Event Post Mortem

Kyle Gomboy — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 15:35:00 GMT

ReactionGrid hosted a 100-200 person event for NetGenEd. The experiences and lessons learned how to host big events technically and socially.

How-to install Opensim on Mac OSX

Dave Pentecost — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 01:00:00 GMT

We often get asked about installing Opensim on a Mac, but unfortunately we have no idea as we are stuck on pc's. Luckily Mac Expert Dave Pentecost has the answers...

Groups in Opensim

Ralf Hülsmann — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 00:00:00 GMT

The eagerly anticipated groups functionality is now in testing thanks development by M.Cortez. Lots of challenges still to address but certainly looking positive.

Hello world

Simon Probert — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 00:00:00 GMT

This isn't really an article at all - I'm just testing support for code snippets for the resources section

Preparing for Enterprise 3D

Ralf Hülsmann — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Is enterprise ready for 3D applications..? We examine the challenges an IT department might face to implement 3D solutions

Opensim on Mac OSX - The Easy Way

Dave Pentecost — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Opensim on Mac OSX - The Geeky Way

Dave Pentecost — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Wochenzusammenfassung KW17

Ralf Hülsmann — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Deutsche Zusammenfassung der KW 17

Virtual goods

Ralf Hülsmann — Sun, 26 Apr 2009 00:00:00 GMT

A place to get or distribute virtual goods.

opensim builds (trunk)

Ralf Hülsmann — Sun, 26 Apr 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Get opensim trunk release binaries.

Reflexiones semanales

Alberto Navarro — Sun, 26 Apr 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Al finalizar la presente semana, del 20 al 26 de Abril, hay varios hechos significativos a analizar...

Lunchtime for giant alien spiders

Jani Pirkola — Sat, 25 Apr 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Web 3D, 3D Web, Immersive Internet - Er... My mum just got used to Firefox. What exactly do you mean by all this stuff?

MRM: Microthreading Functions

Adam Frisby — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 06:14:00 GMT

Adam Frisby examines how to use microthreading in MRMs to reduce the script load for computationally expensive functions, in other words reduce script lag

Novicraft wins best eLearning product of 2009

Jani Pirkola — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 00:00:00 GMT

The Association of Finnish eLearning Centre has awarded awareness game NoviCraft as a best eLearning product of the year 2009.

Immersive Education adds support for realXtend

Jani Pirkola — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Two other platforms are Sun's Wonderland and OpenCroquet/Cobalt. IEd brings COLLADA file format support to realXtend enabling fully interchangeable content between the platforms.

Voice support now available in Opensim

Simon Probert — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Recent addition of the FreeSwitchVoiceModule means that voice now works in Opensim using standard viewers

Visual Purple Launches Virtual World Demo

Megan Rutherford — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Demonstration designed to show the value and abilities of using a Virtual World in the enterprise training environment

O3D: Colour me impressed

Adam Frisby — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 08:37:00 GMT

Adam Frisby takes a look at Google's O3d Javascript API and explores the potential for creating a virtual world in a web browser